INDEX TO VOLUME I.

A.

ÆNEAS (Introd.), xii

AMPHOTIDES described (Introd.), xiii

AMYCUS (Introd.), vii

ANTÆUS (Introd.), ib.

ANCIENTS, History of Boxing among the (Introd.), v‒xvi

ASTON, Col. Henry, a patron of Pugilism, 92 His melancholy death (note), ib.

B.

BALDWIN, CALEB, “The Pride of Westminster,” 1796‒1816:— His real name, 211 His early battles, ib. With Tom Jones, Kelly, Jackling, and Lee the Butcher, 212, 213 Beat Jack O’Donnell, ib. Draw with Bill Ryan, 214 Defeats “Young Massa”, 216 As second and ring-keeper, 217 Farewell benefit and death, 218

BARCLAY, Captain, Allardyce of Ury:— Trains Tom Cribb, 259 His birth and love of athletic exercises, 435 His pedestrian capabilities and performances, 436, 437 His match of 1000 miles in 1000 successive hours for 1000 guineas, 438 His death, 439

BARRYMORE, Lord:— His career, nicknames of family (note), 103 Thrashed by Mr. Donadieu (note), 104 Mr. Grantley Berkeley’s slips relating to, ib. Particulars of his death, ib.

BARTHOLOMEW, JACK, 1795‒1800:— His merits, 221 Victory over Firby, 222 Beaten by Bill Wood, ib. Beat Tom Owen, ib. Beaten by Jem Belcher, 134, ib. His death, ib.

BELASCO, ABY, 1817‒1824:— Jewish prize-fighters, 481 Belasco’s birth, ib. His battle with Cribb’s Coalheaver, 482 Beat Josh. Hudson, ib. 〃 Jack Payne, ib. Beaten by Tom Reynolds, 483 〃 by Jack Randall, ib. Beat the Winchcomb Champion, ib. Wrangle with Phil. Sampson and three fights, 484 Room fight with Josh. Hudson, ib. Beat Pat. Holton, 485 Becomes an L. V. in Whitechapel, 486 Beat George Weston, ib. His degraded career, ib.

BELCHER, JEM (Champion), 1798‒1809:— His pedigree, person, and symmetry, 132 His natural skill as a boxer, 133 Beat Britton, ib. Introduced to Bill Warr, 133 Beat Tom (Paddington) Jones, 134 〃 Jack Bartholomew, 134, 135 〃 Andrew Gamble (Irish Champion) twice, 135, 136 〃 Joe Berks, first encounter, 137 Ditto, second encounter, 138 Ditto, third encounter, 140 Proceedings against Belcher and Berks for breach of the peace, 141‒143, 146 Battle with Firby, 146, 147 Indicted in consequence, 148 Loses his eye at rackets, ib. His announced retirement, ib. Pearce claims the championship, 149 Belcher challenges Pearce, ib. His defeat (see Pearce), ib. John Gully’s disparaging remark, ib. His two defeats by Cribb, 150, 247, 251 His boxing and personal qualities, 151 Death and burial, 152

BELCHER, TOM, 1804‒1822:— His birth and first fight in the London P.R., 153 Defeated Jack Warr, 154, 155 Beaten by Bill Ryan, 155 Beat O’Donnell, ib. 〃 Bill Ryan, 156 Beaten by Dutch Sam thrice, 157 Beat Dogherty, 157, 158 〃 Cropley, 158 〃 Silverthorne, 159 〃 Dogherty, second time, in Ireland, 160 A turn up at Hampstead and in Holborn, 163 The Castle Tavern and sporting publicans, ib. Belcher’s sparring, 164 Retirement and death, 166

BERKELEY, Hon. GRANTLEY, M.P.:— Vindication of boxing (note), 5 His estimate of Pierce Egan (note), 239

BERKS, JOE, of Shropshire:— Beat Christian, beaten by Jem Belcher twice, by Hen. Pearce twice, and Dick Deplige (note), 137

BITTOON, ISAAC, 1801‒1804:— His draw with Maddox and battle with Will Wood, 230 A teacher of singlestick and boxing, 232 His death, ib.

BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE. Sonnets to Randall, 361

BLAKE, “Tom Tough,” 1804‒1810:— His fight with Holmes, 235 Beaten by Tom Cribb and by Tom Molineaux, 236 His death, 237

BOB’S CHOP-HOUSE (the Castle, Holborn), 162, 237‒240

BOXING, vindication of, 1, 2 Schools, their good results, 6 Among the ancients (Introd.), v‒xvi Origin of the term (Introd.), vi

502BOND, Mr., the Bow Street Magistrate, 146

BRAIN, BENJAMIN, “Big Ben” (Champion), 1786‒1791:— His fights with “the Grenadier”, 65 〃 〃 Corbally, 66 〃 〃 Jacombs, ib. 〃 〃 Hooper, 67 〃 〃 Tom Johnson, 68 〃 〃 Will Wood, 69 His death, ib. Epitaph on, 70

BROUGHTON, JOHN (Champion), 1734‒1750:— Secedes from George Taylor’s Booth, 19 Description of, 21 His amphitheatre in Oxford Street, 22 His battle with Stevenson, ib. 〃 〃 Jack James, 23 His rivalry with George Taylor, 24 His “New Rules” reform the art of boxing, 25 Invents padded boxing-gloves for practice, 26 A Yeoman of the Guard, ib. His fight with Slack, 27 Captain Godfrey’s eulogy on, 28 His retirement, anecdote of, 29 Pension, property, death, and funeral, 30

BUCKHORSE (John Smith), 1732‒1746, 40 Curious particulars of, 41

BURKE, of Woolwich, beaten by Jack Randall (glove fight), 333 Ditto, second time, 388

BURN, “Uncle Ben,” 1810‒1834:— As a pugilist, backer, and second, 461 Beat Christie, ib. Beaten by Dogherty, Silverthorne, Palmer Jones, Tom Spring, and Tom Oliver, ib.

BURSCHEN, German, their murderous fights, 3

C.

CÆSTUS, descriptions and drawings of (Introd.), xv, xvi

CASTLE TAVERN, Holborn, sporting head-quarters, 162, 163, 237, etc.

CASTOR and POLLUX (Introd.), vi

CAMELFORD, Lord, Richmond’s master, 291

CLARENCE, Duke of (afterwards William IV.), a ring patron, 100

CLOANTHUS (Introd.), xii

COHANT (or COANT), the Butcher (note), 45

COOPER, GEORGE, 1812‒1825:— His height, weight, etc., 302 Beat Harry Lancaster, ib. Beaten by Tom Oliver, 303 Beat Jay, ib. Goes to Scotland, ib. Beat Tom Molineaux, the Black, 304 Beaten by Dan Donnelly, ib. Returns to London, ib. Beat Robinson, the Black, 305 Goes on a continental tour, (lines from “Tom Cribb’s Memorial to Congress”), 306 Boxing at Aix-la-Chapelle, 307 Returns to Edinburgh, ib. Turn up with Kendrick, the Black, at Tom Oliver’s, 309 Set-to with Hickman (Gas), 310 Set-to with Jack Randall, 311 Matched with Shelton, ib. Beaten by Hickman, 312 Moulsey Hurst, lines on, 313 Beat Tom Shelton, ib. Returns to Edinburgh, 316 Matched again with Hickman, ib. Beaten by Hickman, 317 〃 by Ned Baldwin, “White-headed Bob”, 318 His retirement and death, ib.

CORBALLY and BIG BEN, 66

CORCORAN, PETER, his defeat by Turner, 47 Fights with Dalton, Davis, and Smiler, ib. 〃 〃 Bill Darts, 48 〃 〃 Sam Peters, ib. Blunders of “Boxiana”, ib.

CRABBE, ELISHA, 52

CRIBB, TOM (Champion), 1805‒1820:— English Champions, remarks on, 242 His birth and arrival in London; becomes wharf porter, 243 A slow fighter, 244 Beat George Maddox, ib. 〃 “Tom Tough”, 245 〃 “Ikey Pig”, 216 Beaten by George Nicholls (see Nicholls), ib. Beat Bill Richmond, ib. 〃 Jem Belcher, first time, 247 〃 Bob Gregson for championship, 249 〃 Jem Belcher, second time, 251 〃 Tom Molineaux, first time, 252 Challenged anew by Molineaux, 255 Beat Tom Molineaux, second time, 256 Cribb’s return to town, 258 His training by Captain Barclay, and anecdotes, 260 Presented with a silver cup, 261 Fails as a coal-merchant, and becomes a publican, 262 Spars in the presence of monarchs, princes, and marshals, ib. High patronage of boxers, 263 Anecdotes—Cribb and the pig, ib. Cribb and the navvy, 264 The champion and his dwarf, 265 Cribb and Massa Kendrick, ib. Curtis’s challenge to Cribb, 266 Cribb’s punishment of Carter, 267 Challenged by Neat, 268 Cribb’s retirement, 269 He attends as a page at the Coronation of George IV., 270 Lines on the challenge of Neat (note), ib. His formal retirement from the ring, and speech, 271 “Cribb and his customer”, 272 “The three tailors”, ib. “Cribb and the cobbler”, 273 His death, ib. Character by Vincent Dowling, Esq., 274 His monument in Woolwich Churchyard, 275‒277

“CRIBB’S, TOM, Memorial to Congress” quoted, 306

CRIBB, GEORGE, 1807:— Beaten by Horton, Dogherty (twice), Cropley, Isle of Wight Hall, Ned Maltby, 449

CROPLEY, BILL, 1807‒1810:— Battles with Dutch Sam and Tom Belcher, 232, 233 Defeats “Jemmy from Town,” Tom Hazel, and George Cribb, 233 A second and sparrer for many years, 234

CUMBERLAND, WILLIAM, Duke of, patron of Broughton, 19

D.

DARES (Introd.), xii

DARTS, BILL (Champion), 1764‒1791:— His fights with Juchan, Dogget, Swansey, and Lyons, 45 Cross with Peter Corcoran, 46

DAVIS, CY., “The Gay Bristol Boy,” 1818‒1823:— His birth, and introduction to the ring by Tom Belcher, 487 Beat Aby Belasco, ib. Beaten by Ned Turner, 488 503Beat Boshell, 488 Spars with Randall, 489 Hoaxing challenges, 490 Second match with Ned Turner, ib. Beat Ned Turner, 491 His accident, 492 Retirement and death, 493

DEATH (Stephen Oliver), 46, 51 His numerous battles, 51 Epigram on his defeat of Small, ib. His fights with Tom Johnson, ib. 〃 〃 Elisha Crabbe, 52

“DEATH’S DOINGS,” lines from, 393

DOGHERTY, DAN (Irish Champion), 1806‒1811:— His early fights, 447 Beaten by Tom Belcher, ib. Beat Jack Power, 448 〃 Ben Burn, ib. Beaten by Tom Belcher, second time, 160 Dogherty’s Duel, 448

DONNELLY, DAN., beats George Cooper (see Donnelly, vol. ii.), 304

DOWLING, VINCENT G., Esq., 96

DOYLE, beaten by a sawyer, 52

DUTCH SAM (see Elias Samuel).

E.

EGAN, PIERCE, author of “Boxiana,” notice of, by Grantley Berkeley (note), 239

ELIAS, SAMUEL, “Dutch Sam,” 1801‒1814:— His fighting qualities, 192 Introduction to the ring, 193 Early fights, and Caleb Baldwin, 193, 194 Beat Britton, 195 Beaten by Jas. Brown, ib. Beat Tom Belcher, 196 Drawn battle with Tom Belcher, 198 Third fight with Belcher, 199 Arrested for match with Dogherty, 200 Beat Cropley, ib. 〃 Ben Medley, 201 Retires from ring; his intemperance, 202 Returns, and is beaten by Nosworthy, ib. Anecdotes of Dutch Sam, 203 His death, 204

EMERY, the celebrated Yorkshire actor, a ring goer, 240 Presents a silver cup to Tom Cribb, 261

ENTELLUS (Introd.), ix

ERYX (Introd.), vii

F.

FAULKNER, TOM, “the Cricketer,” 1758‒1791:— His battle with George Taylor, 19, 40 His character, 40 His battle with Joe James, 41 His challenge to Watson, 42 His fight with Thornhill and retirement, ib.

FEWTEREL, his battle with John Jackson, 93 His battle with a Highlander (note), ib.

FIG, JAMES (Champion), 1719‒1734, 8 Opens his amphitheatre, 1719, 9 References to, by the Tatler, Guardian, Craftsman, etc., ib. Captain Godfrey’s eulogium on, ib. His handbills, 10 Verses on, by Dr. Byrom, 11 His death, 1734, 12

FIRBY, “The Young Ruffian,” beat Symonds, “The Old Ruffian,”, 130 Beat Tom Tyne, 129 Beaten by Tom Belcher (turn up), 163 〃 by Jack Bartholomew, 222

FRANCIS, JOHN, “The Jumping Soldier”, 18

G.

GAMBLE, ANDREW, 1792‒1800:— His origin, and fight with Stanyard, 219 Beat Noah James, the Guardsman, 220 Beaten by Jem Belcher, 136, 221

GEORGE IV. has a retinue of boxers at his Coronation, and presents them with a gold medal, 100, 270

GODFREY, Captain, his sketches of the boxers, 8, 9, 12, 14

GOWLETT, beaten by Symonds, 130

GREGSON, BOB, 1807‒1809:— His birth and early career, 237, 238 His fictitious fight with Joe Berks, 238 His weight and strength, 239 Meets with Gully, ib. Gregson’s fights with Gully and Tom Cribb, 183, 185, 239, 240, 249 Landlord of Bob’s Chop-house and ring poet, 241 His death, ib.

GRETTING, GEORGE, 1724‒1734, 14

GRANBY, Marquis of, and Hayman, the painter, 91

GULLY, JOHN, 1805‒1808:— His ambition for the championship, 182 First battle with Gregson, 183 Second battle, 185‒189 His retirement, 190 Mr. Gully as a pugilist and as a member of society, ib. M.P. for Pontefract, 191 His family and death, ib.

GWYDYR, Lord, letter of thanks to, for the services of the pugilists at the Coronation, 270

GYAS (Introd.), xii

H.

HARMER, HARRY, 1812‒1815:— Allied to the Belchers, 461 Beat Maltby, ib. 〃 Jack Ford, 462 Glove-fight with Shelton, 463 Beat Tom Shelton, 464 Spars on the continent, 465 Anecdote of a French patron, 466 Forfeits to Shelton, ib. His death, ib.

HAYMAN, the painter, and the Marquis of Granby, 91

HENLEY, PAT., 1742, 18

HOLMES, JACK, fight with “Tom Tough”, 235

HOLT, HARRY, “The Cicero of the Ring,” 1816‒1820:— Articled to a surveyor, 467 Ring reporter to the “Era”, ib. Beaten by Parish, the waterman, 468 His eloquence, ib. Beat Jack O’Donnell, 469 Beaten by Jack Randall, 470 〃 by David Hudson, ib. 〃 by Jack Scroggins (room fight), 471 His newspaper career, 472 His death, 473 Succeeded by his son Alfred, his death, ib.

HOMER, first reporter of a prize fight (Introd.), viii

HOOD, JOE, 1773‒1760:— Fights with Parrot, Rossemus, Gregory, Kellyhorn, Macdonald, Sellers (Champion), Higgins, Bath, and Day, 53, 54

HOOPER, BILL, the Tinman, 1789‒1797:— His birth, patronised by Lord Barrymore, and reward, 103 His battles with Clarke, Cotterell, Wright, and Bob Watson, 104, 105 504His fights with Big Ben (Brain), 67, 106 〃 〃 Bunner, of Colchester, 106 〃 〃 George Maddox, 107 〃 〃 Will Wood, ib. 〃 〃 Tom Owen, 108, 110 Becomes a bully and drunkard, his degradation and melancholy death, 108, 109

HORACE celebrates pugilism (Introd.), vi

HUMPHRIES, RICHARD, 1784‒1790:— His personal appearance, 84 His battle with Sam Martin, 85 〃 〃 Dan Mendoza, 86‒88 A coal-merchant in the Adelphi, 88 His death, ib.

HUNT, EDWARD, 1746‒1758:— His style of boxing, 39 His battle with Hawksley, the Guardsman, 40 〃 〃 Smallwood, ib. 〃 〃 Mills, ib.

I.

INGLESTON, GEORGE, the Brewer, 1789‒1793:— As a boxer, 124 His fight with John Jackson, 94, 125 Defeats Pickard, of Birmingham, twice, 125 Beaten by Will Wood, ib. Retires, ib.

INGLIS, PEACE, “The Phenomenon,” 1822‒1824:— Beat Hamilton, the Waterman, ib. 〃 Deaf Davis, ib. 〃 George Curtis, 494 Challenges Harry Holt, 495 Beat Ned Turner, 390, 496

J.

JACKSON, MR. JOHN (Champion), 1788‒1795:— Slanderers of pugilism and its defenders, 89, 90 His birth and education, 92 His debût in the ring, 93 Fights with Fewterel, ib. 〃 〃 Daniel Mendoza, 94 〃 〃 George Ingleston, ib. His muscular strength, 96 Mr. Vincent Dowling’s eulogium on, ib. His rooms:—Lord Byron, Sir John Lade, Colonel Hanger, etc., Jackson’s personal appearance, 98 As a teacher of boxing, 99 His generosity, 100 Presentation of plate to, ib. Death and personal honours, 101

JOHNSON, TOM (Champion), 1783‒1791:— His real name, his kindness, his character by a contemporary, 55, 56 His fights with Jarvis, “the Croydon Drover,” Oliver (Death), Bill Love, Jack Towers, Fry, and Bill Warr, 57, 58 His fight with Michael Ryan, 58, 59 〃 〃 Isaac Perrins, 59, 63 〃 〃 Brain (Big Ben), 63, 68 His style of fighting, 64 His retirement and death, ib.

JOHNSON, Dr. SAMUEL, a practical exponent of pugilism, 10, 90

JOHNSON, Mr. ANDREW, the swordsman and boxer, 10

JONES, TOM (Paddington), 1786‒1805:— His early battles, 114, 115 His battle with Caleb Baldwin, 115 〃 〃 Abraham Challice, 116 Frightens “Leather Jacket”, ib. Beat Keely Lyons, twice, 117 Beaten by Jem Belcher, ib. Draw with George Nicholls, 118 Fights with Isaac Bittoon and Simpson, ib. A well-known attendant at the Fives Court, 119 His death, ib.

JUCHAU, TOM, the Paviour (note), 45

K.

KENDRICK, MASSA, 308‒310

L.

LAWS OF THE RING, BROUGHTON’S, 25

LINES on the fights of Epeus and Euryalus, Homer (Introd.), viii On the fight of Dares and Entellus, Virgil, (Introd.), x, xi On the two great masters of defence, Messrs. Fig and Sutton, by Dr. John Byrom, 11, 12 On Ben Brain (Big Ben) by a pugilist, 70 On John Jackson at Brompton Cemetery, 102 On the heroic conduct of Henry Pearce, 179 On the death of Fletcher Reid, Esq., 197 On Tom Cribb, by “An Old Miller”, 270 On Tom Cribb, by V. G. Dowling, Esq., 277 From “Tom Cribb’s Memorial to Congress,” by Tom Moore, 240 On Moulsey Hurst, 313 To Jack Randall, by Tom Moore, 355 To Jack Randall, by a contributor to Blackwood’s Magazine, 360 “Jack Randall’s Ghost,” from Bell’s Life in London, 361 From “Death’s Doings”, 393 On Jack Scroggins (Epitaph), 434 On Shaw, the Life-guardsman, by Sir Walter Scott, 443

LOVE, BILL, 1788, 57

LYONS, the Waterman (Champion), 1769, his fight with Bill Darts, 45

M.

MADDOX, GEORGE, “the Veteran,” 1792‒1805:— His numerous battles, 205 His character, ib. His battles with Symonds, “the Ruffian;” Hooper, “the Tinman;” and Isaac Bittoon, 206 Beat Seabrook and Bill Richmond in one ring, 208 Beaten by Tom Cribb, 208, 244 Draw with Coady, 209 His good qualities, ib. Killed by an accident, 210

MARTIN, JACK, “the Master of the Rolls,” 1813‒1828:— His birth and early battles, 395 Beat George Oliver, ib. 〃 Paddington Johnson, 396 Wins a foot-race against Spring, Ben Burn, and a novice, 398 A bout with Scroggins, ib. Matched with Scroggins, 399 Beat Scroggins, 400 Beaten by Jack Randall, first time, 401 〃 by Ned Turner, ib. Beat Josh. Hudson, 402 〃 Cabbage, of Bristol, 403 Mills half-a-dozen “dandies”, 404 Beat Phil. Sampson, 405 〃 a Gipsy, 406 〃 David Hudson, 407 Wins a foot-race from “the Chicken Butcher”, 408 Beat Ned Turner, ib. Beaten by Jack Randall, second time, 410 Marriage announcement, ib. Beaten by Young Dutch Sam, 411 His retirement, ib.

505MARTIN, the Bath Butcher, fights with Mendoza, 72 His battle with Humphries, 85 〃 〃 Bligh and King (note), ib.

MEGGS, GEORGE, the Collier (note), 35, 36

MEGGS, PARFITT, 37

MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS, CRIBB’S, 306

MENDOZA, DANIEL, 1784‒1820:— His style and skill, 71 His battles with Harry the Coalheaver, ib. 〃 〃 Martin, of Bath, 72 〃 〃 Humphries, first battle, ib. 〃 〃 〃 second battle, 73 〃 〃 〃 third battle, 74 〃 〃 Bill Warr, two fights, 76, 77 〃 〃 John Jackson, 78 〃 〃 Harry Lee, 79 〃 〃 Tom Owen, 81 Farewell benefit and death, 82

MENDOZA, AARON, 76

MIDAS, a Meddling, 146

MOLINEAUX, TOM, the Black, 1810‒1815:— Born in Virginia, 278 His first battle, ib. Beat “Tom Tough” 279 He claims the championship, 280 Beaten by Cribb, first time, ib. Beat Rimmer, 281 Beaten by Cribb, second time, 282 His downward course, 283 A good wrestler, ib. Richmond arrests Molineaux, ib. Beat Jack Carter, 284 His passion for dress and women, 285 Beat Fuller, ib. Beaten by George Cooper, 287 Rencontre with Abe Denston, ib. Dies in Ireland, 288

MOORE, TOM, Lines to “the Nonpareil”, 365 “Tom Cribb’s Memorial to Congress”, 306

MOULSEY HURST, Lines on, 313

N.

NICHOLLS, GEORGE, 1812‒1818:— His early battles, 444 Beat Tom Cribb, 445 His retirement to Bristol and death, 447

NOSWORTHY, WILLIAM, the Baker:— His birth, etc., 455 Fight with Pentikin, 456 Beat Barnard Levy, ib. Beat Dutch Sam, 457 Beaten by Jack Scroggins, 460 Forfeits to George Curtis, ib. Death from excessive drinking, ib.

O.

OLIVER, STEPHEN, “Death,” 1770‒1788, 51

O’DONNELL, JACK, 1802‒1806:— Beat Pardo Wilson, 223 〃 Smith, 224 Beaten by Caleb Baldwin, 226 〃 by Tom Belcher, ib. Beat Emery, 227 〃 Wasdell, ib. 〃 Smith, 228 His conviction and transportation, ib.

OWEN, TOM, 1796‒1820:— His birth, introduced to Mr. Jackson, matched with Hooper, 110 Apocrypha of “Boxiana”, ib. Fights with Houssa and Jack Bartholomew, 111 Battles with Mendoza, 81, 112 His judgment as a second, good fellowship, and death, 113

P.

PACKER AND MENDOZA, 76

PALMER, JOHN, see “Scroggins, Jack.”

PAYNE, JACK, the Butcher:— Beaten by Jack Randall, 329 〃 by Josh. Hudson, see vol. ii. 〃 by Burke, 474 〃 by West Country Dick, twice, 474, 476 〃 by Aby Belasco, 482

PEARCE, HENRY, “the Game Chicken” (Champion), 1803‒1805:— His brilliant qualities, 167 Comes to London and meets Berks and beats him, 167, 168 Beat Berks in the ring, 169 Pearce’s second indicted, 170 Challenges Bittoon, and beats Elias Spray, ib. Beat Carter, ib. 〃 John Gully and becomes champion, 170, 175 Challenged by Jem Belcher, 175 Defeats Jem Belcher, 176 His bravery and humanity, 178 Verses on Pearce’s gallantry, 179 Attacked by pulmonary disease, 180 His early death, 181

PEARTREE, NAT., his defeat of Whitaker, 13

PERRINS, ISAAC, of Birmingham, 60 His fight with Tom Johnson, 59‒63

PETERS, SAM., of Birmingham, 1771‒1774, 52 Sell with Corcoran, 48, 53

PIPES AND GRETTING, Captain Godfrey’s account of, 14

POWER, JACK:— His birth, 451 Beaten by Dogherty, ib. Beats Frere and Joel King, 452 Forfeits to Tom Belcher, 453 Beat Jack Carter, ib. Challenges Richmond, ib. His character, 454 Illness and early death, 455

PRUSSIA, FREDERICK WILLIAM, King of, patronises sparring, 100

PUGILISM, its advantages, 6, 7, 96 Its slanderers and defenders, 89, 90 Among the Greeks and Romans (Introd.), v St. Bernard, a patron of (Introd.), xvi Origin of the word Pugilist (Introd.), v

R.

RANDALL, JACK, “the Nonpareil,” 1809‒1821:— His birth-place, 328 His early battles, 328, 329 His debut in the ring, 329 Beat Walton, “the Twickenham Youth,” and “Ugly Baruk”, ib. 〃 “West Country Dick”, 330 〃 Harry Holt, 331 〃 Aby Belasco, 333 Glove-fight with Burke, of Woolwich, 335 Beat Joe Parish, the Waterman, 336 〃 Burke, of Woolwich, 339 Matched with Ned Turner, 340 Public excitement, 341 Beat Ned Turner, first time, 342 Becomes publican, 345 Randall and Burn, 346 Matched with Jack Martin, ib. The road to a fight in olden times, ib. Beat Jack Martin, first time, 348 Turn-up in Battersea Fields, 350 Challenged by Scroggins, ib. An adventure with “roughs”, ib. Comes from his retirement and challenges Martin, 351 Beats Jack Martin, second time, ib. “A Cantab’s” account of the fight, 353 Lines by Tom Moore to, 355 506Forfeits to Martin, 356 A rencontre at Hampstead, 357 Randall and the Mayor of Canterbury at Hatton Garden, 359 His death, 360 Sonnets to Randall, ib. His “Farewell to the ring”, 361 “Jack Randall’s Ghost”, ib. Summary of Randall’s pugilistic merits; his charitable disposition, 362, 363

REID, Mr. FLETCHER, a patron of pugilism, lines on his death, 197

REYNOLDS, TOM (note), 483

RICHMOND, BILL, 1804‒1818:— His birth in New York State, comes to England, and education, 289 First boxing match, ib. Early battles, 290 Beat Myers and Green, ib. Beaten by George Maddox, 291 Beat Youssouf, a Jew, ib. 〃 Jack Holmes, the Coachman, 292 Beaten by Tom Cribb, ib. Beat Carter (countryman), 293 〃 Isaac Wood, ib. 〃 George Maddox, 294 〃 Jack Power, 295 Becomes a publican, 296 The P.C. Club, ib. Beat Davis, the Navvy, 297 〃 Tom Shelton, 298 Retires and keeps sparring rooms, 299 Turn-up with Carter, 300 As a second, ib. His long life and lamented death, 301

RUSSIA, ALEXANDER, Emperor of, patronises the boxers, 100

RYAN, BILL, 1804‒1806:— His qualifications, 228 Defeat of Tom Belcher, 229 Draw with Caleb Baldwin, ib. Beaten by Tom Belcher, ib. Beat Clarke, 230 His death, ib.

S.

SAVILLE HOUSE, history of, 19

SCOTT, Sir WALTER, Lines on Shaw, the Life-guardsman, 443

SCROGGINS, JACK, 1803‒1822:— His sobriquet, 412 His birth and early days, ib. His early fights, 413 Pressed and sent to sea, 414 Champion on board the Argo, ib. A turn-up at Woolwich, 415 Beat Jack Boots (Wilford), ib. 〃 Dolly Smith, 416 〃 Nosworthy, ib. Matched with Bill Eales, 418 Beat Bill Eales, 419 Becomes publican, 420 Beat Whittaker, “the Oilman”, 421 〃 Church, 423 A draw with Ned Turner, 426 Beat Fisher (room fight), 427 Beaten by Ned Turner, 428 Second match with Turner, 429 Beaten by Turner, second time, ib. His imprudence, ib. Beaten by Jack Martin, ib. 〃 by Josh. Hudson, ib. 〃 David Hudson, twice, ib. Beat Harry Holt (room fight), 430 〃 Parish, the Waterman, 431 Receives forfeit from Parish, 432 Beaten by Gipsy Cooper, 433 His poverty and fate, ib. The moral of his death, 433 His epitaph, 434

SELLERS, HARRY (Champion), 1776‒1785:— Fights with Corcoran, 49 〃 〃 Joe Hood, ib. 〃 〃 Stevens, the Nailer, 50 〃 〃 Duggan Fearns, ib. 〃 〃 Harvey, ib. His death, ib.

SHAW, JOHN, the Life-guardsman, 1812‒1815:— His youthful battles, 441 His boxing capabilities, ib. Beat Burrows, 442 〃 Ned Painter, 442 Challenges the championship, ib. Lines by Sir Walter Scott on, 443 His gallant conduct at Waterloo, ib. His death on the battle-field, 444

SHELTON, TOM, “the Navigator,” 1812‒1825:— His birth and qualifications, 319 Beat Fitzgerald, ib. Origin of the term “Navvy” (note), ib. At the Fives Court, ib. Beaten by Harmer, 320 Beat Studd, the Farmer, ib. Beaten by Richmond, ib. Becomes a publican, ib. Beats Ben Burn, first time, 322 〃 〃 second time, 322 Forfeit from Benniworth, 324 Beaten by Tom Oliver, 325 〃 by George Cooper, ib. Receives forfeit from “Unknown,” ib. Beat Carter (turn-up), ib. 〃 Josh. Hudson, ib. Received forfeit from Josh. Hudson, 326 Beaten by Big Brown, ib. Died by prussic acid, 327

SIDMOUTH, Viscount, his letter of thanks to the pugilists, 270

SILVERTHORNE, beaten by Tom Belcher, 450 Beat Dan Dogherty, ib. 〃 Ben Burn, 451 A Sunday-school teacher, ib.

SLACK, JACK (Champion), 1750‒1760:— His style and character, 31 His first appearance and quarrel with Broughton, 32 His fight with Broughton, 33 〃 〃 Petit, the Frenchman, 34 〃 〃 Moreton, ib. 〃 〃 Harris, ib. 〃 〃 Bill Stevens, the Nailer, 35 His character and death, ib.

SMALLWOOD, TOM, 1741‒1747, 17, 18 Captain Godfrey’s account of, 37 His fights with Harris, Willis, King, and Hunt, 38, 39

STEPHENSON, GEORGE, the great engineer, 1801, 439 Beat Ned Wilson, “the fighting pitman” of Callerton, 440

STEVENS, BILL, the Nailer, 36 Backed by the Duke of York, 35 His fight with Jacob Taplin, 36 〃 〃 Slack for the championship, 1760, ib. “Cross” with George Meggs, 35, 56

SUTTON, the Pipemaker, his fight with Fig, 11

SYMONDS, “the Ruffian,” 1791‒1795:— His nickname, 130 His fights with Jackling (Ginger), and Gowlett, ib. Beaten by Firby, 130 Draw with George Maddox and with Ugly Baruk, ib.

T.

507TAYLOR, GEORGE (Champion), 1734‒1756:— Battles at his booth, 17 His fight with Boswell, ib. 〃 〃 Tom Faulkner, 19 His death, 1758, 20

TENNIS COURT in the Haymarket, 35

“TOM TOUGH,” see Blake.

TRING, TOM, his person, battles, and character, 67

TURNER, NED, 1814‒1824:— His birth and calling, 364 Beat Balch, ib. His minor battles, 365 Goes to Scotland, ib. Returns to London, 366 Battle with George Curtis (fatal), 367 Inquest on Curtis, 369 Trial and defence of Turner, 371 His sentence, 373 Matched with Scroggins, 374 Draw with Jack Scroggins, 375 Beat Scroggins, 377 Turner visits Wales, 381 Third meeting with Scroggins, ib. Beat Scroggins, second time, 383 〃 Cy. Davis, 385 Matched with Jack Martin, 387 Jack Scroggins’ estimate of Turner and Martin, ib. Beat Jack Martin, 388 Tom Belcher challenges Turner, 390 Beaten by Cy. Davis, ib. 〃 by Peace Inglis, ib. Beat Peace Inglis, 391 His last illness, 392 His death and funeral honours, 393 His character as a boxer, 394

TURNUS, King of the Rutuli (Introd.), xii

TYNE, TOM, “the Tailor,” 1788‒1792:— His merits, 127, 128 Battles with Jones, Earl (fatal), and Elisha Crabbe, 128, 129 Defeated by Firby, 129 Doubtful defeat by Mendoza, ib.

U.

UPPER-CUT, the (note), 194

V.

VIRGIL, his account of the prize fight of Dares and Entellus (Introd.), x, xi

W.

WALES, FREDERICK, Prince of, patron of George Taylor, 19

WALES, GEORGE, Prince of, a ring patron, 52, 94, 126, 128

WARR, BILL, of Bristol, 1787‒1792:— His battles with Tom Johnson and Will Wood, 120 Defeated by Mendoza, twice, 76, 77, 120 Convicted of manslaughter, 121 Beat Stanyard, of Birmingham, ib. Becomes a publican; his death, 122

WATSON, BOB, of Bristol, 1788‒1791:— His battles with Elisha Crabbe, Bill Jones, and Anderson, 126 His battle with Hooper, 127 Beaten by Davies, ib. Theatrical sparring, ib. His death, ib.

WEST-COUNTRY DICK, the Navigator, 1816‒1820:— His birth, 474 His fights with Grabbler, Reeve, Jack Curtis, Jack Payne, and Charley Martin, twice, 474, 475 Beat Street, 475 〃 Jack Payne, 476 Beaten by David Hudson, 478 Beat Davis, ib. Turn-up with Abbott, 479 〃 〃 Parsing, ib. Beaten by Gipsy Cooper, ib. Beat Parsing, 480 〃 Redgreaves, ib. 〃 Mason, ib. 〃 Hellick, 481

WHITAKER, BOB, 1733:— His fight with the big Gondolier, 13 His defeat by Nat. Peartree, 14

WHITEHEAD, PAUL, the Poet, 19

WILLIS, WILLIAM, “the Fighting Quaker,” 18

WINDHAM, Right Hon. WILLIAM, his defence of pugilism, 90, 91

WOOD, WILL, the Coachman, 1788‒1804:— Fights with Will Warr, George the Brewer, Hooper the Tinman, and Jack Bartholomew, 122, 123 His fight with Isaac Bittoon, 124 His death, ib.

Y.

YORK, Duke of, patron of Stevens, 1760, 85

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